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Al Fayed in astonishing bid to force Queen to give evidence at Diana inquest
thisislondon.co.uk ^ | 5-15-2007 | Staff Writer

Posted on 05/15/2007 6:55:37 AM PDT by bedolido

Lawyers for Mohamed al Fayed today launched an astonishing bid to force the Queen to give evidence in the Diana, Princess of Wales inquest.

They called for the monarch to be "directly approached" over conversations she allegedly had with former royal butler Paul Burrell.

Mr Burrell, who previously worked for the Princess, claimed after the collapse of his Old Bailey trial for theft that the monarch had once warned him of "powers at work in this country which we have no knowledge about".


Mohamed al Fayed has fought a long battle over the inquest of his son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales

(Excerpt) Read more at thisislondon.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: al; astonishing; bid; diana; evidence; fayed; force; inquest; queen

1 posted on 05/15/2007 6:55:42 AM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido

How long is this inquest gonna go on? She died more than a decade ago.


2 posted on 05/15/2007 6:57:11 AM PDT by Xenalyte (You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
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To: Xenalyte
She died more than a decade ago.

Has it been that long already?

As I get older, the months just fall off the calendar.

3 posted on 05/15/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by TexasCajun
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To: bedolido

The man needs to let it go. His son was stupid, his girlfried was oblivious, and they died in a horrible car accident that was the result of ignoring the recommendations of the security team they employed.

It never ceases to amaze me when ‘celebrities’ insist on going where the papparazzi are located, then complain when the same take pictures and pursue them endlessly.

The hotel they went to was staked out by the papparazzi. If they didn’t want ‘coverage’ why in the heck did they ‘go there’?


4 posted on 05/15/2007 6:59:57 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: bedolido
Lesson learned in Diana's death: Whenever your driver is drunk and speeding past (and into) posts without guard rails around them, be sure to wear your seatbelt.
5 posted on 05/15/2007 7:01:58 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
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To: Badeye
It never ceases to amaze me when ‘celebrities’ insist on going where the papparazzi are located, then complain when the same take pictures and pursue them endlessly.

It wasn't the fault of the paparazzi that Diana and Fayed's driver was drunk as a skunk. As far as I am concerned, that makes this an open and shut case.

6 posted on 05/15/2007 7:02:29 AM PDT by pnh102
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To: TexasCajun

Only way I know it is she died about two weeks after I met my husband.


7 posted on 05/15/2007 7:06:04 AM PDT by Xenalyte (You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
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To: pnh102

“It wasn’t the fault of the paparazzi that Diana and Fayed’s driver was drunk as a skunk. As far as I am concerned, that makes this an open and shut case.”

Yep. And from what I understand of the details, the driver wasn’t expecting to be required that particular evening, it was a spur of the moment decision by Fayd and Diana.

Damn shame it happened, but this ‘conspiracy’ nonsense is just that....nonsense. Fayd made a mistake that shouldn’t have cost anyone their lives, but unintended consequences came into play as they sometimes do, with horrific results.


8 posted on 05/15/2007 7:06:42 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: bedolido
over conversations she allegedly had with former royal butler Paul Burrell

Oh well it must be true then... < /sarc>.

9 posted on 05/15/2007 7:10:03 AM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: bedolido

If the queen said “powers at work in this country which we have no knowledge about” then what is there to learn?


10 posted on 05/15/2007 7:12:58 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: bedolido
Every celebrity that has ever died has died as a result of a 'conspiracy'.

:rolling eyes:
11 posted on 05/15/2007 7:16:13 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: Badeye
The man needs to let it go. His son was stupid, his girlfried was oblivious, and they died in a horrible car accident that was the result of ignoring the recommendations of the security team they employed.It never ceases to amaze me when ‘celebrities’ insist on going where the papparazzi are located, then complain when the same take pictures and pursue them endlessly.

Bad marriage or not, if Diana had been home with her boys instead of whorin' around she would likely be alive today.

And I'm not giving Prince Chuckie a pass on that sort of activity either, him and his lofty aspiration to become a human tampon (as he said in some correspondence to his then-Mistress Camilla).
12 posted on 05/15/2007 7:24:48 AM PDT by mkjessup (Jan 20, 2009 - "We Don't Know. Where Rudy Went. Just Glad He's Not. The President. Burma Shave.")
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To: mkjessup

“Bad marriage or not, if Diana had been home with her boys instead of whorin’ around she would likely be alive today.’

Hmmmm. She was divorced, so I don’t see it as ‘whoring around’. Too each their own.


13 posted on 05/15/2007 7:27:28 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: Badeye

When you hire a driver named Toonces, you’re just asking for trouble.


14 posted on 05/15/2007 7:34:01 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb

(chuckle)

Thats cold....I like it.


15 posted on 05/15/2007 7:37:49 AM PDT by Badeye (You know its a kook site when they ban the word 'kook')
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To: bedolido

It’s easy to see where “Dodi” got his presumption.


16 posted on 05/15/2007 7:57:25 AM PDT by rogue yam
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To: bedolido

The man needs to let it go. There was no plot directed at his son.


17 posted on 05/15/2007 8:01:36 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Our first responsibility is to keep the power of the Presidency out of the hands of the Clintons.)
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To: bedolido

I’m not a copnspiracy theorist, but I think they should call the Queen’s husband. He would be livid and those fireworks would be something to see. He’d present the ultimate display of how dare they? Don’t they know who I am?


18 posted on 05/15/2007 8:24:06 AM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we write in marble. JHuett)
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While I’m not in favour of this going on and on, I think without question, something fishy went on. There is plenty of evidence to support this being the case, or perhaps a better way of putting it, would be to say there are plenty of questions that need to be answered.

I don’t believe alot of what burrel said, but the fact remains he was quite shockingly ‘let off’ on the say so of the queen. I don’t know if he’d even be in a position to tell such an extraordinary lie in the aftermath of such a gesture from the monarch.

If that was said, then it is pretty scary to say the least.


19 posted on 05/15/2007 8:42:19 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: bedolido

Well, it might have been MI-5, or MI-6, or even MI-7.

They’ll tell you that MI-7 was closed down long ago and no longer exists. But should we believe them?

(Eerie music.)


20 posted on 05/15/2007 9:13:08 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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